McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractors and ... - Antique Farming
McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractors and ... - Antique Farming
McCormick-Deering Farmall Tractors and ... - Antique Farming
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<strong>Farmall</strong> No.420-G<br />
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Cultivator<br />
FORTY acres is an easy day's work<br />
with one of these <strong>Farmall</strong> No. 420-G<br />
cultivators even in first cultivation,<br />
<strong>and</strong> in later cultivations most users will<br />
cover 60 acres in a day. For one man<br />
that's quite a lot of work out of the way.<br />
It is a big cultivator adapted to work<br />
either in level or bedded crops. It takes<br />
only a few minutes to attach it to the<br />
tractor or to remove it.<br />
The front gangs are of the parallel-lift type; regardless<br />
of the depth to which you set the shovels they are<br />
always at the correct working angle. In the raised<br />
position the gangs are level, too, <strong>and</strong> with unusual<br />
clearance. The front gangs are attached to a heavy<br />
square steel pipe which extends across the front of the<br />
tractor frame close to the tractor. This pipe is trussed<br />
in front <strong>and</strong> above, the construction being extra sturdy,<br />
Illust. 94. The <strong>Farmall</strong> No. 420-G four-row cultivator, singlepower-lift<br />
type. for F-20 <strong>and</strong> F-30 tractors. It can be variously<br />
equipped to meet the requirements of the different sections.<br />
Illust. 93. Mr. E. R. Shaw, whose farm is near Oneida, Ill.,<br />
raises large acreages of corn <strong>and</strong> soybeans. The corn is cultivated<br />
with the No. 420-G cultivator, the beans with the No.<br />
624-G. He is quite enthusiastic about both cultivators.<br />
yet not so heavy as to place too much weight on the<br />
front wheels of the tractor.<br />
The 420-G is a power-lift cultivator, so it is necessary<br />
that the tractor be equipped with power-lift<br />
attachment. The power-lift cultivator can be either<br />
single or double lift. In<br />
the single lift the front<br />
<strong>and</strong> rear gangs are raised<br />
as a unit. In the double<br />
lift the front gangs are<br />
raised first <strong>and</strong> the rear<br />
gangs left in to cultivate<br />
to the point where the<br />
front gangs came out.<br />
The greater number of<br />
these cultivators go out<br />
with the equipment shown<br />
in Illust. 94; that is<br />
with 12 spring-trips <strong>and</strong><br />
6 gauge wheels <strong>and</strong> shields<br />
in front <strong>and</strong> 7 spring-trips<br />
on the rear. The shovel<br />
equipment can be whatever<br />
you want. In some<br />
places they take 7 spring<br />
teeth on the rear <strong>and</strong> 2<br />
extra gauge wheels on the<br />
front section. Spring-tooth attachments can be<br />
supplied for the front. Gauge shoes can be supplied<br />
in place of gauge wheels.<br />
Every adjustment necessary to do first-class<br />
work under varying conditions is provided—<strong>and</strong><br />
all are simple <strong>and</strong> easy to make. The 420-G is<br />
a strictly modern cultivator in every respect. It<br />
is just as easy to h<strong>and</strong>le as smaller tractor cultivators,<br />
the only difference being that when a<br />
four-row cultivator is used it is necessary that<br />
the crop be planted with a four-row planter so<br />
that the operator needs to watch only one row at<br />
a time. The man who grows large acreages of<br />
corn or cotton should see this cultivator in the<br />
<strong>McCormick</strong>-<strong>Deering</strong> dealer's store.<br />
Illust. 95. Down in the Illinois river bottom in Fulton<br />
County corn grows about as lush as you will find<br />
it anywhere. Here you see the <strong>Farmall</strong> 30 with the<br />
420-G cultivator doing a first-class job.